Reading 3, 1 Cor 10: 1-13 : Those who stand may not fall.

I want you to know, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

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and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

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and all ate the same supernatural food

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and all drank the same supernatural drink. For they drank from the supernatural Rock which followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

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Nevertheless with most of them God was not pleased; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

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Now these things are warnings for us, not to desire evil as they did.

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Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to dance."

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We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.

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We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents;

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nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.

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Now these things happened to them as a warning, but they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.

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Therefore let any one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

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No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Gospel, Lk 21: 29-36 : Always be watchful.

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And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees;

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as soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near.

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So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

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Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all has taken place.

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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

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"But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare;

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for it will come upon all who dwell upon the face of the whole earth.

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But watch at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of man."